Governor Hogan this week, under the leadership of Benjamin Grumbles, Secretary of Maryland’s Department of Environment, released draft regulations...
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“Food & Water Lies” – FWW Stands in the Way of Environmental Protection

Rod Dreher, one of my favorite conservative authors, once wrote the following as part of his 10-point crunchy con...
Kudos to Washington DC’s Department of the Environment for Accelerating Environmental Restoration

For those interested in and following emerging market-based solutions to environmental protection and restoration, I offer another exciting data point...
Accelerating Environmental Protection Through New Market Approaches

Linking here to an article this past week that my friend and law partner, Brooks Smith, and I wrote for...
New Dawn for Emerging Water Markets – 21st Century Tools

I’m honored to have the opportunity to testify next week before Congress on the topic of water quality trading...
Steady Progress in the ORB Means Improvements in the Gulf of Mexico

Many of you have probably detected a theme and undertone to this blog. That is, for us to fix...
Trust, Farmers, and Water Quality Trading

The essence of the Clean Water Act (CWA) is its prohibition of the discharge of any pollutant into the...
Kudos to EPA for Supporting Market-Based Approaches to a Cleaner Environment

Today, the U.S. EPA, in partnership with the USDA, reaffirmed its commitment to water quality trading. Link to the...
Better Tools Needed to Resolve Transboundary Pollution

I bumped into David Schoenbrod this week at the Federalist Society’s annual lawyers convention in DC, where we discussed the need...
To EPA’s New Administrator – Don’t Forget About the Water

As many of you who read this blog know, I talk a lot about the water problems that still plague...
Conservation 2.0 – regulations alone won’t fix a broken earth

By Brent Fewell I spent some quality time this week in the wonderful city of Cincinnati, home of the...
Nature’s Resilience – Chesapeake Bay and Signs of Hope

By Brent Fewell Promising news flowing from the Chesapeake Bay. U.S. EPA is reporting that pollutants, such as phosphorous,...
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fast food, packaging, pets, urban sprawl, and other things which can be rectified only slowly and only through a concerted effort of education."
― Conservative Philosopher & Author, Roger Scruton
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